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Article: Olive oil joins ranks with the health foods
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- April 13, 1986
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Olive oil is fast becoming one of the hottest food trends to hit
the American market; its popularity over such stock kitchen items as
margarine or butter is increasing by the day among the health
conscious.
By the end of last year, more than 40,000 tons of olive oil was
purchased in the United States. That was 30 percent more than was
bought in 1982, according to figures prepared by the International
Olive Oil Council based in Madrid, Spain.
"That's because American shoppers have become more aware of their
health, and that's changed food trends," says Leslie Greenberg of
Myers CommuniCounsel of New York, which compiles data for the IOOC.
Olive oil sales also have improved because ...